Key Verse: Verse 8 – “And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.”
Key Words: I pray you give her him to wife
Dinah was the daughter of Leah and Jacob. One day while visiting some of her lady friends Prince Shechem saw her and raped her, fell in love with her and wanted to marry her.
Now Shechem was a Gentile and because of this, the family of Jacob demanded he go through the Jewish ritual of being circumcised.
There are several problems here. First of all, they are marrying out of God’s will (Gentile and Jew). Secondly, an act of ritualism doesn’t make one a spiritual leader or correct the wrong of marrying out of God’s will. Third of all, the rage was never dealt with. All of this didn’t set well with Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah so they killed Shechem. It is believed that Dinah never married. What a shame!!
The point is that one sin always leads to another. Rage led to false words, false words led to anger, and anger led to murder. If they had only waited on God!
G. Campbell Morgan says in regard to waiting on God: “Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.”
Marriage out of God’s will, to say the least, can lead to a miserable life.
What to do:
✞Desire God’s will and life’s partner for your life.
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